Average for workers who did not work from home.
PLACE · RI · GEOID 44141402024 5-YEAR
COMMUTE PROFILE
Central Falls, Rhode Island
According to the 2024 ACS five-year estimates, residents here averaged 27.4 min one way; 5.2% worked from home, 59.3% drove alone, and 10.0% of commuters traveled 60 minutes or more.
Mean one-way trip27.4 min±4.5 min MOE
Worked from home5.2%±2.0 pp MOE
Drove alone59.3%±6.7 pp MOE
60+ minute trip10.0%among commuters
U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.
01 / THE SHIFT
What changed in Central Falls city's published commute estimate?
From the 2021 to 2024 overlapping ACS periods, mean commute changed +1.2 minutes and the work-from-home share changed +2.4 percentage points.
These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.
Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.
Public transportation excluding taxi.
Car, truck, or van—drove alone.
02 / MODE SHARE
How Central Falls city residents usually get to work
Driving alone was the largest listed mode at 59.3%; 4.9% used public transit and 5.2% worked from home.
Each share uses 9,746 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.
03 / PEER CONTEXT
How Central Falls city compares with similar-size places
This place's mean commute is at the 64th percentile among covered under 25k places; each percentile describes one metric only.
Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.
Mean commute time is higher than about 64% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The work-from-home share is lower than about 86% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The public-transit share is higher than about 91% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
The 60+ minute share is higher than about 70% of covered places in the under 25k population band.
04 / ESTIMATE BASE
The counts behind Central Falls city's commute shares
The 2024 estimates cover 9,746 workers age 16+, including 9,240 workers with reported travel time and 506 home workers.
Population estimate22,701± 43 MOE
Workers age 16+9,746± 929 MOE
Workers with travel time9,240± 943 MOE
Estimated home workers506± 202 MOE
Why the ± matters
ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.
05 / SAME STATE
All Rhode Island reports →Comparable Rhode Island commute records for Central Falls city
These 8 same-state records are the closest population peers available in the published dataset, not recommendations or a composite ranking.